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The March third municipal elections are about two weeks away and while political teams have been on the ground and online campaigning, today they all made it official. We start with nomination day in Belize City, where this morning the P.U.P. candidates, the mayoral hopeful and ten councilor candidates, went to the ITVET for their […]
Written on February 15, 2021 | Posted in
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Following the P.U.P.’s nomination this morning, it was the U.D.P.’s turn at the ITVET where mayoral candidate Orson Picart and his team of ten councilors were officially nominated. Following the process, Picart and councilor candidate Shane Williams spoke to the press about the nomination and what it means for them going into the March third […]
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A woman is likely to become the next mayor of the capital city of Belmopan. Today, former city councilor and now P.U.P.’s mayoral candidate Sharon Palacio officially secured her name on the ballot for the March third municipal elections. Flanked by her slate, consisting of three women and three men, and area rep Oscar Mira, […]
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In the Capital, sitting deputy mayor Jacklyn Burns is now leading the U.D.P. slate into the municipal elections. Mayor Khalid Belisle announced earlier on that he was not re-contesting his seat and Burns took up the challenge. Going head-to-head against a friend and fellow educator, Burns was asked about her confidence going into the elections. […]
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The body of a Hispanic man was discovered in a shallow grave off the Hummingbird Highway just outside Belmopan near the Pollack Farms. The body has been identified as a man who has been missing for some time now. Early this morning, police were called out to the area for the gruesome discovery of a […]
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Over the weekend, there was another police-involved shooting on Saturday on Marine Parade in Belize City. Akeem Patterson was on Marine Parade when a machete-wielding man chopped him on the head. The police were called, and the assailant, identified as Francis Ramos, attacked one of the officers who pulled out his service-issued weapon and fired […]
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There were two household fires over the weekend – up north in Carmelita Village and the west in San Ignacio. The fire in San Ignacio started in the early hours of Valentine’s Day at the Carcamo residence. The blaze started inside the home and left an older woman and her son with varying degrees of […]
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The other blaze occurred a day earlier in Carmelita. The fire completely gutted a wooden and concrete structure belonging to Gerald Gabourel. No one was at home at the time of the fire. ACP Joseph Myvett, Head, National Crimes Investigation Branch “At the time, Mister Gabourel was not at home and nobody was […]
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A contractor was busy at work over the weekend when two thieves ambushed him. The robbery happened in Orange Walk. The contractor was working on a building at the Louisiana Government Preschool. The thieves, one armed with a gun, accosted Wilber Vega and robbed him of his wallet and other personal items. ACP Joseph Myvett […]
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The Lord Ashcroft COVID-19 Relief Fund has once again come through for the Belize Police Department. This time, the Fund provided the funds to transform an existing space at the Queen Street Police Station into a gym. It is a facility that the department had been clamoring for in the city, which they say will […]
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Last week, we reported on the murder of Orange Walk resident Michael Escalante. Escalante’s body was discovered in the grass on the side of the road around mile thirty-three on the George Price Highway; his 2017 Wingle pickup was missing. But as we found out from ACP Joseph Myvett today, investigators do not believe that […]
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In the latest update to the investigation of the murder of Jose Santos, ComPol Chester Williams says that the police are seeking two persons. The Armenia villager, who relocated to the Western Paradise Village for work, was shot multiple times last Tuesday as he delivered bread to a shop on Mahogany Street in Belize City; […]
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Last Tuesday night, a traffic accident on the Stann Creek Valley Road claimed the life of twenty-six-year-old Arita Vanzie. The Roaring Creek resident was travelling along with three other persons inside a Chevy Impala car when the driver, Customs Officer Deon Castillo, lost control of the vehicle, ran into a ditch, and hit a culvert. […]
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Did Mayor Bernard Wagner use his power at Belize City Hall to promote his business at city hall? It’s an allegation that resurfaced last when the City Council’s Human Resources Unit sent staff an internal memo to encourage the mayor’s privately owned business called J.B.W. Finance Company Limited. It’s a micro-finance and loan operation – […]
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Another matter that is following Mayor Bernard Wagner into the 2021 Municipal Elections is the matter of the Collective Bargaining Agreement with the Christian Workers Union. As you will recall, for the past couple of weeks, we have been reporting on the strained relations between the C.W.U. and Belize City Council. The C.W.U. has been […]
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According to Immigration C.E.O. Doctor Gilroy Middleton, there is an “eminent threat to the country of the inevitable failure of the entire national passport system.” The matter is so serious and of national importance that Prime Minister John Briceño told News Five today that it needs urgent attention. It has to do with the outdated […]
Written on February 12, 2021 | Posted in
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Tonight, there is some progress to report on the COVID-19 vaccine front. Fellow Caribbean nation Barbados has offered Belize one thousand vaccines. On Sunday, Prime Minister of Barbados Mia Motley received one hundred thousand vaccines under the Vaccine Maitri initiative from the Indian government; the Commonwealth of Dominica received seventy-thousand vaccines. West Indies and Caribbean […]
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As the Prime Minister explained, the challenge would be getting the vaccines here from Barbados, but when it does, who will get it first? It is only a thousand vaccines, and frontline workers will be prioritized. The country is still waiting to receive its shipment of vaccines under the COVAX facility. PM Briceño says that […]
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According to Prime Minister John Briceño, the government is insisting on its quota of vaccines through COVAX. The government has made a down payment, and the vaccine allocation should cover thirty-percent of the population. The first shipment is expected to arrive at the end of March. Briceño says the Ministry of Health and Wellness has […]
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Prime Minister John Briceño came under fire on social media after the airing of an interview during which he said that there limited talent in Belize. The comment created a firestorm of criticism against Briceño, and we asked him about it. Briceño explained that his words were misunderstood, but if anyone was offended, he apologizes. […]
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There are twenty new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of confirmed cases of the virus to twelve thousand one hundred and thirty-four. As it currently stands, there are one hundred and ninety-eight active cases. The Ministry of Health and Wellness released the statistics this evening and here’s a breakdown by Kathleen Azueta-Cho. […]
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Former Belizean Prime Minister Said Musa has written to U.S. President Joe Biden in respect to Cuba. Musa tells President Biden that removing the recent designation and lifting the embargo will be acts of justice benefiting Cuba, the U.S.A. and the region. Musa says that the recent action taken on January eleventh by former President […]
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On Tuesday, Cabinet discussed a mid-term report from the Economic Recovery Advisory Team Cabinet during its regular session. The government created the team to make recommendations to engineer sustainable economic activity and protect and create jobs to emerge from the current economic crisis successfully. A press release from the Government says that nine ministerial working […]
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Government ministers met with the National Trade Union Congress of Belize as part of its budget consultations. The discussions were led by Deputy Prime Minister Cordel Hyde, accompanied by Education Minister Francis Fonseca, and Minister of the Public Service Henry Charles Usher. President Luke Martinez and members Ella Waight, Garry Yearwood, Timothy Dami, and Hubert […]
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What was traditionally known on the political scene as the “Red Hills” in Cayo saw a complete one hundred and eighty-degree change at November eleventh general elections when the People United Party won all six seats in that district. With the municipal election less than three weeks away, we headed west today to find out […]
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